CVE-2022-43685 describes an unauthenticated account takeover vulnerability in CKAN versions up to 2.9.6, allowing attackers to compromise existing user accounts, including superuser accounts, by sending an HTTP POST request with a known user ID. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, the potential for complete system compromise warrants immediate patching.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.8.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:okfn:ckan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.9.0, < 2.9.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:okfn:ckan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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